New books for May 2009

Dear Customers and Friends:

At the end of the month my parents will accompany Stefano Ionescu, Alberto Boralevi and other rug enthusiasts for the 2009 Discover Transylvania tour where they will see dozens of rare Romanian flatweaves and almost 300 Ottoman rugs from the late 15th to 18th century that have been preserved in the area's churches and museums. I'll try to get mom to email me pictures while they are on the tour so I can post them here.

And as usual here is our list of new titles and those we haven't had in a while.

Regards,
Wesley Marquand (wesley@rugbooks.com)


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Aga John Oriental Rugs Aga John Oriental Rugs Los Angeles (2000) About 400 Color Plates 84 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition Dealer sales catalog of modern production handmade rugs in traditional designs. $25.00

Chenciner, Robert Kaitag: Textile Art from Daghestan Textile Art Publications London 1993 80 Color Plates 140 Black and White 208 pp. 10 x 13 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition Historic embroidery from a small district in the Caucasus Mountains. $250.00

Galerie Charles-Wesley Hourdé: Février 2009 Galerie Charles-Wesley Hourdé Paris 2009 42 Color Plates 64 pp. 8.25 x 10.5 Paperback in Very Good condition Dealer catalog of African masks and ritual objects. $25.00

Goncharova, P.A. The Art of Bukhara Gold Embroidery Tashkent 1986 82 Color Plates 114 Black and White 112 pp. 9.5 x 13.5 Hardback in torn dustjacket otherwise in Very Good condition Text in Russian and Turkmen. $50.00

Hasson, Rachel Woven with Love: Kilims from Anatolia L.A. Meyer Museum for Islamic Art Jerusalem 2007 68 Color Plates 108 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in dustjacket in Very Good condition Museum exhibition catalog of 19th century Turkish kilims from the collection of Georg and Birgit Rabe from Berlin. English/Hebrew text. $50.00

Ionescu, Stefano and Alberto Boralevi Tappetti Anatolici Dalla Transilvania Sec. XVI-XVII (Anatolian Carpets from Transylvania 16th-17th Centuries) Accademia di Romania Rome 2005 13 Color Plates 36 pp. 6.5 x 9.5 Paperback in Near Fine condition Italian language extract and exhibition catalog from Ionescu and Boralevi's seminal book Antique Ottoman Rugs in Transylvania. The full English edition is available at RugBooks.com $20.00

Jebrailova, M. edited by P.A.Azizbekova Azerbaijan National Costume 4: Relics of Azerbaijan Material Culture Museum of Azerbaijan History Baku 1983 52 Color Plates 40 pp. 7.5 x 10.25 Paperback in Very Good condition GWO 2348. Exhibition catalog for the 1983 conference on costumes and textiles by the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. Russian/French/English text. $40.00

Kanomi, Takoko People of Myth, Textiles and Crafts of the Golden Triangle Shikosha Publishing Kyoto 1991 283 Color Plates 83 Black and White 352 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in slipcase in Very Good condition Costume and jewelry from the hill tribes of Thailand. Japanese/English text. $250.00

Keller, Dominik and R. Schorta Fabulous Creatures from the Desert Sands: Central Asian Woolen Textiles from the Second Century BC to the Second Century AD Abegg-Stiftung Riggisberg 2001 74 Color Plates 41 Black and White 50 Figures 155 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback in Very Good condition Important exhibition catalog of Abegg-Stiftung. $100.00

Murray, Thomas Animistic Art of Island Asia / Art Animiste de l'Asie insulaire Thomas Murray Asiatica-Ethnographica Mill Valley 2008 65 Color Plates 110 pp. 8.5 x 11 Paperback in Very Good condition Sumptuously produced dealer catalog of art and artifacts from the islands of south and south-east Asia. $35.00

Nabholz-Kartaschoff, Marie-Louise Golden Sprays and Scarlet Flowers: Traditional Indian Textiles from the Museum of Ethnography, Basel Switzerland Shikosha Kyoto 1986 202 Color Plates 292 pp. 9 x 12 Paperback with corners bumped and edgeworn otherwise in Very Good condition Traditional Textiles from the Museum of Ethnography Basel Switzerland $150.00

Posnansky, Arthur Tihuanacu: La Cuna del Hombre Americano Tomo I-II / The Cradle of American Man Volume I-II J.J. Augustin New York 1945 Many Color and Black and White Plates 246 pp. 9.5 x 12 Hardback in Good condition. Boards and spine worn and fraying at foot. Pages are clean. Extensive studies of an early and historic site in Bolivia on the shores of Lake Titicaca. Two volumes in one. Spanish/English text. $200.00

Rasekhschaffe, Ali and A and M Bärmann Bilder Aus Der Träumenden Welt: Persische Teppichkunst aus vier Jahrhunderten (Pictures from the Dream World: Persian Carpet Art from Four Centuries) Rheinlandia-Verlag Siegberg 1993 127 Color Plates 252 pp. 9.5 x 13 Hardback in dustjacket in Very Good condition. Slight chipping to dustjacket. George O'Bannon's neat bookplate on front paste down end-paper. Museum exhibition catalog. German text. Mainly Persian examples including many piled saddle covers. Former owner's neat bookplate. $75.00

Sabahi, Taher Tibet, Rugs from the Roof of the World Ghereh Textile Art Publication Turin 2001 41 pp. 44 pp. 8 x 11 Paperback in New condition Teunis Wollesen collection of Tibetan carpets. Limited to 500 copies. English-German text. $90.00

Steinmann, Axel Afghanistan: Eine Ausstellung des Museums für Völkerkunde Wien Museums für Völkerkunde Vienna 2003 275 Color Plates 30 Black and White 9.5 x 11.5 Paperback in Near Fine condition Museum exhibition catalog of Afghan artifacts mostly from the Janata collection. 10 Color Plates are of rugs and 67 are of textiles. German text. $90.00

[Tehran] Ghali and Kilim 1-7 Export Promotion Center of Iran Tehran 1992 50 Color Plates 160 pp. 8.5 x 11.5 Hardback in Very Good condition Magazines published on the occasion of the International Conference on Persian Carpet. Bound set of 7 volumes. Mostly ads. Farsi/English text. $60.00

Turner, James and Iraj Nouraie The Persian Carpet: The Vision of a Whole People TABAR Toronto 2007 76 Color Plates 212 pp. 9 x 12 Hardback in dustjacket in As New condition An attempt to rethink Persian carpets and understand them in ways that are meaningful in Iranian culture. "In an interwoven way, this book explores the sources of Persian carpet designs in Greek metaphysical philosophy, Islamic mysticism or Sufism, Shi'a Islam and Iranian folk beliefs. Symbolic meanings of major design elements are derived from the practices of Sufism. More than technical knowledge, the goal is an identification with the human motivations and social concerns embodied in the carpet."-Publisher. Signed by the authors. $80.00

Wass, Betty and B Murnane African Textiles University of Wisconsin Madison 1978 27 Black and White 9 x 8 Paperback in Poor condition. University Art Center exhibition catalog of mostly Western African textiles. $10.00

Yamanobe, Tomoyuki Fabrics from the Silk Road: The Stein Collection, National Museum, New Delhi Shikosha Kyoto 1979 112 Color Plates 7 Black and White 1 Map 230 pp. 8.25 x 11.75 Hardback in boxed slipcover. Book is in Near Fine condition. Slipcover shows minimal signs of wear. Textiles discovered during Aurel Stein's Silk Road expedition in the early 20th century mostly from Loulan and Astana and are now at the National Museum, New Delhi. Japanese text with an English summary and plate descriptions. $400.00